# Scully vs scurvy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Scully
*name · frequency rank #21,649*
A surname from Irish.

### scurvy
*adjective · IPA /ˈskɜːvi/ · frequency rank #40,435*
Affected or covered with scurf (“skin disease causing flakes of skin to fall off”) or scabs; scurfy, scabby; also, of or relating to a skin disease causing scurf or to scurvy (noun noun sense 1).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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